{"id":17169,"date":"2014-05-08T08:32:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T08:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=17169"},"modified":"2014-05-08T08:32:59","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T08:32:59","slug":"nintendo-says-no-to-gay-game-characters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/nintendo-says-no-to-gay-game-characters\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo says ‘No’ to gay game characters"},"content":{"rendered":"
Nintendo has said it will not allow gamers to play as gay characters in its life-simulation game Tomodachi Life.<\/p>\n
A fan had launched a social media campaign urging Nintendo to allow same-sex relationships between characters in the game – modelled after real people.<\/p>\n
Nintendo said it “never intended to make any form of social commentary” with the launch of the game.<\/p>\n
Tomodachi Life has been a big hit in Japan and the firm is set to launch the game in the US and Europe in June.<\/p>\n
“The relationship options in the game represent a playful alternate world rather than a real-life simulation,” Nintendo of America Inc, said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“We hope that all of our fans will see that Tomodachi Life was intended to be a whimsical and quirky game, and that we were absolutely not trying to provide social commentary.”<\/p>\n